Leadership Reverie

Life is all about metaphors and personal stories. I wanted a place to collect random thoughts, musings, and stories about leadership in general and more specifically on leadership and management in health care.

Wednesday, June 28, 2017

The "love of the game" clause

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Not too long ago, I mentioned a strange clause that the rock-n-roll group Van Halen placed in one of their concert tour contracts (see ...

Sunday, June 25, 2017

"Door in the face"

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One of my all-time favorite cartoons was the "Calvin and Hobbes" cartoon, by Bill Watterson. The comic ran every day (almost) ...

Thursday, June 22, 2017

"The first 100..."

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This past Sunday, "Leadership Reverie" reached an important (well, important for me, I guess) milestone, the 100th blog posting. ...

Sunday, June 18, 2017

""If your kids want to paint their bedroom, let them do it"

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The famous engineer, Burt Rutan once said, "Usually the wacky people come up with all the breakthroughs, not the smart ones." If...

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Wednesday, June 14, 2017

"Be like Young"

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About two years ago, I took over as the Chief of Staff at our hospital. My predecessor, Dr. Mike Farrell had served as our Chief of Staff ...

Sunday, June 11, 2017

"Don't eat sugar"

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I came across an interesting blog this morning by a leadership expert named Michael Rogers. The story involves Mahatma Gandhi and takes ...

Tuesday, June 6, 2017

Ike's Back-up

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Today is June 6. Seventy-three years ago today, on June 6, 1944 (D- Day) Allied Forces began the largest amphibious military assault ever c...

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